I see a trend that could save us huge amounts of time and trouble.

If it's got a nose ring then fire it.

BTW, this is one time that I'm jealous of you guys with employees or still in management. Id love to get in on some of this firing action myself.

I have to disagree on judgment based on appearance. Tom Mc Donald is a good example. Another more personal example is one of my friends and good customers Kelly. she has nose ring, Eye brow, toung rings , and ink. she is also intelligent down to earth homestead minded. Her husband Michael is just ads cool shoots in matches just all around absolutely wonderful people.

If I were to judge them based on appearance I would be the one missing out on their friendship.

Go watch the vids. Common denominator is nose ring, many with oddly colored or cut hair, and strangely rarely inked.

Just a personal observation I rarely find heavily inked individuals that I would write off as woke leftist. Most are strangely enough middle of the road libertarian/anarchist types and some even conservative. And I personally dislike ink of any type though I would never mistreat a person with ink without just cause.

I expect employment discrimination is very common among applicants who have lots of piercings, rings, bolts, and ink. Probably hard to climb the business ladder, unless you own the business. Maybe if you are a genius scientist you can do it.

I worked for much of my younger days in marketing. Our customers were Fortune 500 corporations. I remember being called on the carpet once after I wore a brown suit to a Boston client's office, rather than a navy blue suit. Don't think I would have lasted a week if I had decorated my body. Granted, not all of us have to present ourselves so formally, but I can't see an advantage to decorating our bodies.

o I get it . and always have preconceived ideas baised on how people look as soon as i see them. But I have been wrong enough I dont Wright them off without letting them tell me through words and actions who they really are. Usually my first impression is correct but sometimes I am dead nuts wrong.

.. good deal not Wrighting them off lol

Discrimination? Wouldn't that be more... well not violation of dress code before being hired, but... just showing a lack of professionalism, I guess. I'm sure the people with the pierced noses and lips and studs and stuff could easily get hired if they removed their jewelry before the interview. I mean, if I was going to apply for a job at a bank, I wouldn't show up wearing Daisy Dukes and a halter top... so why would anyone expect to be hired when they show up wearing excessive jewelry? If someone chooses to look like their face lost a fight with a tackle box, more power to them, but do it on their own time, not the time of their employer's.

Should've never hired those freaky looking people to start with.

Long haired freeky people need not apply. Signs, signs, everywhere signs.

That's where we went wrong. Letting the dam hippies get away with their crap.

Piercings on the face, odd-colored hair, near complete tattoo coverage of arms, neck, face.....NOPE!

I got in an argument with a group about them getting visible tattoos indicating prior drug use. I was explaining that it probably wasn’t a good idea putting that out there as the first thing a possible employer may notice. They went on to tell me how they shouldn’t be judged based on appearances just before they called me a nazi for wearing a Trump hat. lol

Trust me, you shouldn't envy anyone who has to deal with employees.

I won't hire anyone with that crap on their face, neck or hands. Same for full sleeves of tattoos. Shows poor judgment.

I'm fine with self expression but I'm also 100 percent for business owners being free to run their business.

In my opinion it shows poor judgment. Employees have to be able to give off the image thats positive for the business and conform to dress code. Visibility of tats work fine in a music store and some placed but not good at the country club,.

Same with loud unnatural hair colors. or even a man talking with gay drawn out speaking and mannerism. It may not be the image that business need to be successful.

I have a goofy looking guy with dreads working for me, one of the best workers I've ever had.

I have 22 salaried professionals that work for me in customer success (post order management) so very customer facing. Several have colored hair and ink. When interviewed I ask several very precise questions to determine if they are a good fit. My team handles orders exceeding one Billion annually.

I myself have a visible tattoo on my forearm when wearing a short sleeved shirt. I find one’s actions a much better judge of character.

If someone has made the actions of getting loads of tattoos and piercings and dying their hair a noxious color, those actions definitely do help you judge their character. Those aren't the only actions to judge, but they are important ones.

Keith

IMO huge difference between the Marine with an EGA on the bicep or the heart on my wife's shoulder and a vulgarity across the forehead.